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SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1912.
UNDERWOOD AND WILSON.
Voters of Charlotte have had the
unique opportunity of hearing on suc
ceeding nights campaign speakers in
the interest .of the two leading pres
idential candidates in North Carolina.
Wednesday night Congressman Ai
: bert Sidney Burleson, of Texas, spoke
for Wood row "Wilson in the court
' li ouse; Tnursday night in the Acad
- emy of Music Congressman J. Thom
as Heflin, of Alabama, extolled Os
car W. Underwood.
The one meeting' and what was
said in it was as different in char
" octer and purpose from the other
meeting and what was said in It,
as the two candidates and their cam
v paigns.
Congressman Burleson spoke in the
county court house because, forsooth,
. smaller than that which attended the
' Underwood rally Thursday night - be
k cause there had been no funds to
v pay for four-jpage editions in the
state"" papers, the printing or halt
sheet circulars to be posted on
every telegraph pole in the city, or
the purchase of space in the state
papers for half-page pictures. The
"Wilson rally could afford but a siu-
fie brass band and that was a dear
pxtravagance provided by the good
will cf some local' Wilsonite.
The very speaker who addressed
the two hundred voters Wednesday
nizht, had occasion to state, with
out self glorification, that his expen
ses in coming to North Carolina
were paid out of his own pocket, and
v for his services only his interest in
the success of the democratic- party
and his feeling for Woodrow Wilson
were responsible.
Two brass bands were scarcely
good enough for the Underwood peo
ple. Their's a campaign of light, and
color and laughter!
But we pass T)y the form of the
meetings for the substance of what
! was said at them. It is human na
lure t6 flock to lights, and people
love to laugh. Tho3e who sat in the
uinily lighted court house on rough
r benches were inspired by interest of
the enduring sort; but of the thous
ands who" laughed at the rapid ,tire
of jokes Thursday night, a goodly
number failed to applaud the scat
tered references to the real issue ot
the discussion.
Soberly; frankly and with unique
consideration of the opposing candi
, antes, Congressman Burleson sub
mitted his cause to the REASON bt
, his hearers. He washonest enough
to declare that if he himself or the
. democratic party were selecting a
, president outright he would hesitate
a'tong time before he passed Oscar
Underwood by in the choice. He did
Dot laud one man above the other,
' out submitted a DroDositlon that his
t auditors could agree to or dissent
' yfrom. He begged voters to THINK.
J. Thomas Heflin is a clever spec
ious orator. He can tell a joke in
nigger dialect better than anybody
; else except Polk Miller. He is an
adept in covering the main issues in
a superficial clothing of laughter, if
: there was a debatable proposition in
"--his long drawn out address of more
that two hours Thursday night, we
invite its statement.
The meager portion of his remarks
- thatwere related in any discoverable
cense to the conflicting merit of Wii
! son and , Underwood, or the strength
; of each were devoted to an appeal
to the feeling and sectionalism of htg
' auditors. The onl7 authority he gave
l for his prediction of Underwood's se
i lection as the standard bearer of his
' party was his own declaration inev
j Itably coupled with the fact of his
j Southernship. K
"The time nas come for the South
J to move up. to the head of the table
w have been chut out from our
t Inheritance for lo! these many years
; Oscar Underwood will lead .the
South back' to Its proud positl6n in
; the council! of the nation" These
there was no money to pay for the
Academy of Music. His audience was Jgo un whipped of justice.- This fact
are some of the utterances calculated
to stir a Southern audience's sectional
feeling and pride of inheritance.
Feeling is the most dangerous and
destructive element in politics.
Friendship v and kinship, is a short
sighted political creed that has es
tablished the spoils system or gov
ernment, and transformed' statesman
shin into sectionalism.
Woodrow Wilson submits his cause
to the MINDS of his countrymen; Os
car Underwood would blind their rea
son and" conscience in the glare of
FEELING. Feeling Is the sphere of re
ligion, not ot politics; and the his
tory of all the world is that disaster
is the result of a confusion of feel
ing and politics.
There Is something pathetic in
the spectacle of an honest purpose
back of an appeal to reasonable men,
handicapped by the opposing power
of wealth. Hon. J. Thomas Heflin
had nothing to say on the matter.
He carefully refrained from any ex
planation of the. fact that Underwood
has confined his candidacy to that
section in which he can call upon
his friends and kinspeople to stand
back of him. He tacitly admitted the
conspiracy of wealth against Wilson,
and the three-cornered league of op
posing cangidates, wrhen he asserted
that Underwood would be elected Dy
Clark strength, when Clark saw that
he himself couldn't be elected, and
that to persist in the attempt, would
bring defeat of both Underwood and
Clark and a resultant contest be
tween the two for the speakership
of the house.
One who ran could read the inti
mated compromise between Clark
and Underwood whereby Underwood
co cedes Clark an unopposed re-election
to the speakership for his sup
port in the race for the presidency.
Against this character of opposition
Wilson is fighting honestly and sin
glehanded. The fact that Underwood
is from the South is nothing, against
him, for a truth, but the fact will
always stand in the way of the
election of a Southern man to the
presidency, until the fact Itself can te
forgotten. Wilson is the only avail
able candidate who can attract to his
support the million independent vot
ers the successful candidate must
win. This is the proposition he sub
mits to, the REASON of, the nation
' Men cannot defy law for long and
was demonstrated at Hillsville court
house yesterday, when Floyd Allen,
one of the leaders' of a lawless gang
which has terrorized a large section
for many years, was sentenced to
die in the electric chair for a mur
der almost unparalleled in its hor
rors. No set of clansmen can long
defy the great state of Virginia and
it 'will not be long until the' crimes
laid at the door of the Aliens will
have been avenged.
The city is draped in flags today
Look where one will, the sight of
Old Glory attracts the eye. A beau
tiful setting, indeed, for a celebra
tion wnteh is of wide significance.
Twentieth of May week will be ob
served in keeping with the spirit of
the deed which made it famous
throughout the country where liberty
lovers are found.
The French Board Hustlerwhich
is all that its name implies, will
shortly move Into a new home. Suc
cess and best wishes!
Everything worth while was "made
in Charlotte."
Watch the Hornets grow.
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Dr. J. T. R. Neal. Prop. Riverside
Drug Co., Greenville S. C, writes re
cently, i have been a practicing phy
sician and druggist for over 35 years
and have sold and administered many
kidney medicines but none to equal
Foley Kidney Pills. They are supe
rior to any I ever used, and give the
quickest permanent relief." Bowen's
Drug Store on North Square.
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That haW great medicinal power, are
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Get it today In usual liquid, form or
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What Goeth On
By The Looker-On.
A Mean Road.
Automobile . traffic from " Charlotte
to- the south was suspended the
greater, part of this week because
of the existence ofv a short stretch
of mean road just beyond the Cataw
ba, on the Gas'ton county side.
It would not greatly injure the
county of Gaston if the automobile
traffic was indefinitely delayed, it is
barely possible, but what prevents
the running of automobiles over a
road prevents the hauling of farm
supplies over that same road. The
same thing applies tothe hauling bf
farm products to the market.
Some" time ago the Looker-On call
ed attention to the condition of this
little piece of road and showed that
it is to tne advantage of every cit
izen of Gaston county to have this
stretch put into condition.
At Gastonia yesterday, and also
at3It. Holly, McAdenville and Lowell
he discussed this matter with some
of the leading people of Gaston
county, and in each and every in
stance the i opinion expressed was
that this road should receive the at
tention of the county commission
ers. The Looker-On would like to sug
gest to the commissioners a visit to
that little piece of road. If they
will do that he is sure immediate
action will be taken.
Thanks Returned.
The Looker On made the trip with
the business and professional men of
Gaston county, over the line of the
Piedmont Traction Company between
Gastonia and Charlotte yesterday af
ternoon and desires to return to sev-
erai-gentlemen in the Dartv esncii
thanks. Among these is Mr. J. R. Ran
kin, . city dery of Gastonia. without
whose valuable assistance the Looker
On .would have been closely pressed
in several Instances.
Alderman Holland of Mt. Hollv was
also kind enough to come to his res
cue and to Mr. H. A. Query of the
Gastonia Gazette and Mr. O. L. Moore
of the Gaston Progress he wants to
express his thanks for timely assist
ance. .
It was like getting home to, mingle
with the red corpuscles of Gaston
county on that trip yesterday after
noon. It does one's heart good to see
and talk to and be with those people
rrom "over the river They come Trom
one of the best counties in the best
state in the Union, and they are "the
salt of the earth."
And you know, the best thing this
Piedmont Traction Company is going
to do for Charlotte is to put us in clos
er touch with those self same good peo
pie of old Gaston. , -
That Trip resulted in giving' Clar
ence Kuester of Charlotte an oppor
tuntty to tell the people from Gaston
what Charlotte thinks of them, and
ere long he will be calling the "fel
lows" and when he does that it
means that he is boosting as much
for Gaston county as for charlotte.
Charlotte is "GLAD U KUM" and we
hope you will make this the beginning
of many similar trips to the Queen
City and we assure Gastonia that we
shall visit her hospitable borders just
as often as the necessities of keeping
Charlotte in the lead will allow.
We are "fer you a-heap" over there
in Gaston. We appreciate your kindly
spirit for Charlotte and this Traction
Company is going to allow the people
og both sections to demonstrate it
more and more as the days go by.
Less Cotton Planted.
"The acreage of cotton between
Charlotte and Columbia this year is
not more than 50 per cent of the
acreage of last year" said a commercial
traveler to the Looker On at the Cen
tral hotel last night. "I have been
making a study of agricultural con
ditions In North and South Carolina
for the past month" continued this
evangel of commerce, "and I have come
to the conclusion that in the two
states the acreage is from 20 to 50 per
cent under that of last year and that
at least one half of this acreage is be
ing planted in corn, peas, potatoes
and other crops of a similar nature.
Now that is the talk that sounds
good to those who make a study of ag
ricultural "economics. These are the
conditions which will bring about a
bettered general situation in these two
states. These are the facts which will
be read with interest by the financiers
of both this section and of the north
east from whence, some of the capital
needed to develop this A great section
must come. v
Planters in Mecklenburg county are
turning their attention from cotton to
other money crops, crops which are
not -at the mercy of the gambler in
New Orleans, New York and Liverpool.
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ra-ves all the drudgery of years
be able to play right now, then,
a piano with an interior player
never dies ' whether the girls
marry and leave or get tired of
practicing and give up music.
A Stieff Player Piano Is the
acme of perfection, in player
KOOdness. You can't tell it from
a great pianist if properly oper
ated. T k nrtvnnto era rt nni- romnv-
al sale. There will be some re-
uucuons ior tnirty nays.
Chas. M. Stieff!
- SOUTHERN WAREROOM
X 5 West Trade St., Charlotte. N. 1
if!. ti.ff RnllHino' 9.1 Q, Smith T
Tryon street, opposite Academy T
I of Music, after June i, 1912. X
Our Visitors.
During the coming week thousands
of people , from various sections of
North Carolina and South Carolina will
visit Charlotte to take part in the cel
ebration of the greatest eVent In the
history of the American republic, that
of the signing of the Mecklenburg De
claration of Independence. These vis
itors come to Charlotte at least once
a year, many of them more often dur
ing the year and every time they come
they leave delighted with their trip.
Now this time they should be made
to feel that we are especially glad they
"are here. xWe should make them know
that it is a pleasure for us to have
(hem within our gates.
There be some among us constitu
tionarlly opposed to smiling. Let
tTim foreet their crouch for at least
six days and give our friends f rqm
other sections the glad hand, a hearty
welcome to old Mecklenburg and to
the greatest city within the confines of
the two states. . -
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Registered Nurses Directory.
For the 20th
May
We have received a large
shipment of 39c Candy. If you
are looking for' real Candy value,
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mat are different.
39c pound.
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